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1. Twenty-one people are killed during a fire at a hospital in Beijing, China.
   2023-04-18 21:32:22 (First version)
2. Twenty-one people are killed in a fire at a hospital in Beijing, China.
   2023-04-19 09:32:34 (Update)
3. Twenty-nine people are killed in a fire at a hospital in Beijing, China.
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